Krieg, Sarah
Loosen, Sven
Krieg, Andreas
Luedde, Tom
Roderburg, Christoph
Kostev, Karel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts
Article History
Received: 21 September 2023
Accepted: 26 November 2023
First Online: 30 January 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The database used includes only anonymized data in compliance with the regulations of the applicable data protection laws. German law allows the use of anonymous electronic medical records for research purposes under certain conditions. According to this legislation, it is not necessary to obtain informed consent from patients or approval from a medical ethics committee for this type of observational study that contains no directly identifiable data.